republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-436.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide Telehealth Plan; Board of Health shall contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network."
description: "Board of Health; Statewide Telehealth Plan; Virginia Telehealth Network. Requires the Board of Health (the Board) to consult with the Virginia Telehealth Network in amending and maintaining the Statewide Telehealth Plan. The bill requires the Board to contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network, or another Virginia-based nongovernmental, nonprofit organization focused on telehealth if the Virginia Telehealth Network is no longer in existence, to (i) provide direct consultation to any advisory groups and groups tasked by the Board with implementation and data collection, (ii) track implementation of the Statewide Telehealth Plan, and (iii) facilitate changes to the Statewide Telehealth Plan as accepted medical practices and technologies evolve. This bill is identical to HB 81."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 436"
citation: "Virginia SB 436 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07ba9052-cbf0-4cf6-b860-3bd815a0113b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB436"
source_hash: "123d72480368efb9cbf9518f9fe24cd75ebecc333ccd98d298d6f2c1d52767ed"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 436 (2022) — Statewide Telehealth Plan; Board of Health shall contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network.

Board of Health; Statewide Telehealth Plan; Virginia Telehealth Network. Requires the Board of Health (the Board) to consult with the Virginia Telehealth Network in amending and maintaining the Statewide Telehealth Plan. The bill requires the Board to contract with the Virginia Telehealth Network, or another Virginia-based nongovernmental, nonprofit organization focused on telehealth if the Virginia Telehealth Network is no longer in existence, to (i) provide direct consultation to any advisory groups and groups tasked by the Board with implementation and data collection, (ii) track implementation of the Statewide Telehealth Plan, and (iii) facilitate changes to the Statewide Telehealth Plan as accepted medical practices and technologies evolve. This bill is identical to HB 81.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0724** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0724)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103818D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB436)
3. **Printed as engrossed 22103818D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB436E)
4. **SB436ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB436ER)
5. **SB436ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB436ER2)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George L. Barker — primary (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103818D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB436)
- **2022-01-21** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-27** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Reading of amendment waived
- **2022-02-10** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB436E
- **2022-02-10** Printed as engrossed 22103818D-E
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB436E)
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Enrolled
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB436ER)
- **2022-03-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (SB436ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 724 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07ba9052-cbf0-4cf6-b860-3bd815a0113b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).